Arpeggio

You can specify an arpeggio sign on a chord by attaching an \arpeggio to a chord:

       <c e g c>\arpeggio
     

When an arpeggio crosses staves, you attach an arpeggio to the chords in both staves, and set PianoStaff.connectArpeggios:

       \context PianoStaff <<
         \property PianoStaff.connectArpeggios = ##t
         \new Staff  { <c' e g c>\arpeggio }
         \new Staff { \clef bass  <c,, e g>\arpeggio }
       >>
     

The direction of the arpeggio is sometimes denoted by adding an arrowhead to the wiggly line. This can be typeset by setting arpeggio-direction:

       \context Voice {
          \property Voice.Arpeggio \set #'arpeggio-direction = #1
          <c e g c>\arpeggio
          \property Voice.Arpeggio \set #'arpeggio-direction = #-1
          <c e g c>\arpeggio
       }
     

A square bracket on the left indicates that the player should not arpeggiate the chord. To draw these brackets, set the molecule-callback property of Arpeggio or PianoStaff.Arpeggio objects to \arpeggioBracket, and use \arpeggio statements within the chords as before:

         \property PianoStaff.Arpeggio \override
             #'molecule-callback = \arpeggioBracket
            <c' e g c>\arpeggio
     

Predefined commands

\arpeggioBracket, \arpeggio.

See also

Bugs

It is not possible to mix connected arpeggios and unconnected arpeggios in one PianoStaff at the same time.

This page is for LilyPond-2.0.1 (stable-branch).